Health care facilities must have an intensive pest management program. Hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities and emergency centers often include areas with food services, patient rooms, laundries, storerooms, and lounges. Each provides a unique environment for pests. Not only do insect and rodent pests spread diseases, they can also infest and damage sensitive health care equipment and instruments.

Cook's specialized approach to pest management in Health Care Facilities involves:

Education - A Cook's technician receives the most extensive training in the industry. Cook's professionals are continually updated on the most effective insect and rodent control techniques. In addition, we are available to work with health care staff to conduct workshops about sanitation, pest identification, or practices facilitating a pest management program.

Inspections, Monitoring and Record-Keeping - The inspection process is crucial to determining an effective pest management program. The inspection process is also continuous since conditions within a health care facility are constantly changing. The inspection and monitoring process allows each Cook's professional to assess the situation, prescribe a proactive approach, and deliver the most effective yet environmentally sensitive program available. All inspection records, sighting reports and areas of application can be recorded, organized and stored for you in the Cook's Service Record Notebook.

Exclusion and Mechanical Control Procedures - Preventing pests from entering structures and destroying their harborage areas is critical. Exclusion and other control methods may involve

• caulking around utility lines.
• using insect and rodent sticky traps.
• modifying or installing insect light traps.
• making structural changes.

Application of Pest Specific Baits and Insect Growth Regulators - Cook's applies pest specific baits and insect growth regulators for maximum effectiveness. These materials are applied where the pests live - in cracks, crevices, and voids. This yields greater results and less human exposure. The materials are made according to the individual biology and habits of targeted pests. They are much less toxic to non-target organisms. Known as "prescription treatment," it is the most effective method of pest control available.